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Latest issue
Summer 2026
This volume's coverage includes:
- Human stories from conflict zones – Read moving first-hand reflections from psychiatrists and healthcare professionals working through war, displacement and humanitarian crises, and the personal impact these experiences have had on them.
- The hidden toll on clinicians – Gain insight into the emotional, psychological and ethical challenges faced by healthcare workers who continue caring for patients while living with the effects of conflict themselves.
- Finding resilience and support – Explore the coping strategies, peer networks and sources of hope that help clinicians maintain their wellbeing and continue their work in extremely difficult circumstances.
- Lessons for the wider profession – Reflect on what healthcare systems, leaders and colleagues can learn about supporting staff wellbeing, fostering collaboration and strengthening mental health services during times of crisis.
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